From 89f7058c97d690c27cad9a67c7e3aeea67d2b2be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:56:19 -0500 Subject: Add rough dump --- 2020/info/35.md | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) (limited to '2020/info/35.md') diff --git a/2020/info/35.md b/2020/info/35.md index 04b25d01..4ce271c3 100644 --- a/2020/info/35.md +++ b/2020/info/35.md @@ -14,3 +14,75 @@ worth listening to. There are extended notes, references, and links at [https://zck.me/emacsconf2020](https://zck.me/emacsconf2020). The source can be found at [https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic/](https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic/). + + +- Actual start and end time (EST): Start 2020-11-29T16:29; Stop 2020-11-29T16:46 + + +# Questions (note that we don't have audio out from Zachary's computer in BigBlueButton, so any music demos will need to wait for a recorded video) + + +## Q9 : Any MIDI mapping possibilities? (Sorry Q8) + + +## Q8: What were some of the challenges with writing a special-mode for Emacs? I'm interested in getting into this in the future, but I'm not really sure where to start. + + +### That'd be awesome, thanks! Will do + + +### I used define-derived-mode () to make this mode. It's really useful! For more information, I recorded a talk about making major modes () a few years ago, at an EmacsNYC () meeting. + + +## Q6: Do you think would be possible to add a set of recorded sounds in order to use those? + + +### Yes! Part of zmusic is tooling to make wave files, so it should be possible to slice-and-dice input data, and output valid wave files. + + +## Q7: have you written any actual songs (in RRRM/WAVEing)? Can you play one ? + + +## Q5: Are there any open source musical instrument sample libraries that could be used? E.g. "play A 440 on Piano sample 1" to provide better quality notes than built-in tones + + +### Experimentation would be fun. However, the nice part about Emacs is that it doesn't have any external dependencies, you only need a way to play WAVes. + + +## Q4: What is your musical background? Do you play any instruments? + + +### Random instruments, started with recorder, played cello for a long time, now playing guitar. + + +## Q3: Any chance for an Emacs tracker/mod player? (plays several samples arranged in the same top-down fashion with effects applied to them for chiptune and keygen music) + + +## Q2: Will you play us another song? (RIP ears — who needs 'em, this is awesome! it is!) + + +### UPDATE: can confirm, it was easy to play a song myself :-) Very nice! + + +### However git clone didn't work, I wonder if I'm doing it wrong + +- Had to browse to and copy/paste. + +- It's mercurial! (I have Opinions about version control systems). Try \`hg clone\` instead, or copy/paste from the link directly. + +- BAM! hg clone works fine + + - Hooray! + + +## Q1: Why do you go top-to-bottom for time progression and left-to-right for low-to-high in stead of doing it pivoted? (e.g. higher is higher tone, left-to-right is time progression). This is awesome by the way!(+1) + + +### The initial app (the inspiration) worked this way. It is definitely something worth looking into. + + +# Notes + + +## notes, references, and links at + -- cgit v1.2.3